Any suggestions for an old-timer dually seeker?
I work on my old (late '06) 1.83 GHz Intel iMac 17" doing some graphic design (advanced amateur) for non-profits w/CS2. As my skill level grows, so does my need for a second larger monitor. I'm looking for advice on purchasing a 23/24" monitor with the highest resolution this machine can support. Of course, wonder of wonders, there are scant resources ($$$). Any suggestions for this old timer with the failing eyesight?
Thanks
Larry
Steer clear of the new cinema display, or any glossy one for that matter.
A good H-IPS panel monitor is what you need. I suggest http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824176104 it needs to be calibrated out of the box, but when it is, it beats anything in that price range hands down. H-IPS, anti-glare, height adjustment, swivel, and for under 600.
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Any suggestions for free real time anti virus or malware security sw?
I have been using Onyx and that seems to work fine, I wonder how you can tell without anything else to compare it to anyway.
But lately I've been reading a lot about virusses (virae?) attacking Mac computers and I'm wondering if there is any free real time security software that is really working.
If anyone has any recommendations I'd really appreciate it.
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Milli.No viruses that can attack OS X have so far been detected 'in the wild', i.e. in anything other than laboratory conditions.
It is possible, however, to pass on a Windows virus to another Windows user, for example through an email attachment. To prevent this all you need is the free anti-virus utility ClamXav, which you can download from:
http://www.clamxav.com/
However, the appearance of Trojans and other malware that can possibly infect a Mac seems to be growing, but is a completely different issue to viruses.
If you allow a Trojan to be installed, the user's DNS records can be modified, redirecting incoming internet traffic through the attacker's servers, where it can be hijacked and injected with malicious websites and pornographic advertisements. The trojan also installs a watchdog process that ensures the victim's (that's you!) DNS records stay modified on a minute-by-minute basis.
You can read more about how, for example, the OSX/DNSChanger Trojan works here:
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/trojanosxdnschanger.shtml
SecureMac has introduced a free Trojan Detection Tool for Mac OS X. It's available here:
http://macscan.securemac.com/
The DNSChanger Removal Tool detects and removes spyware targeting Mac OS X and allows users to check to see if the trojan has been installed on their computer; if it has, the software helps to identify and remove the offending file. After a system reboot, the users' DNS records will be repaired.
(Note that a 30 day trial version of MacScan can be downloaded free of charge from:
http://macscan.securemac.com/buy/
and this can perform a complete scan of your entire hard disk. After 30 days the cost is $29.99. The full version permits you to scan selected files and folders only, as well as the entire hard disk. It will detect (and delete if you ask it to) all 'tracker cookies' that switch you to web sites you did not want to go to.)
A white paper has recently been published on the subject of Trojans by SubRosaSoft, available here:
http://www.macforensicslab.com/ProductsAndServices/index.php?mainpage=document_general_info&cPath=11&productsid=174
Also, beware of MacSweeper:
MacSweeper is malware that misleads users by exaggerating reports about spyware, adware or viruses on their computer. It is the first known "rogue" application for the Mac OS X operating system. The software was discovered by F-Secure, a Finland based computer security software company on January 17, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacSweeper
On June 23, 2008 this news reached Mac users:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/23/mac_trojan/
More information on Mac security can be found here:
http://macscan.securemac.com/
The MacScan application can be downloaded from here:
http://macscan.securemac.com/buy/
You can download a 30 day trail copy which enables you to do a full scan of your hard disk. After that it costs $29.95.
More on Trojans on the Mac here:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/63574.html?welcome=1214487119
This was published on July 25, 2008:
Attack code that exploits flaws in the net's addressing system are starting to circulate online, say security experts.
The code could be a boon to phishing gangs who redirect web users to fake bank sites and steal login details.
In light of the news net firms are being urged to apply a fix for the loop-hole before attacks by hi-tech criminals become widespread.
Net security groups say there is anecdotal evidence that small scale attacks are already happening.
Further details here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7525206.stm
A further development was the Koobface malware that can be picked up from Facebook (already a notorious site for malware, like many other 'social networking' sites), as reported here on December 9, 2008:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7773000/7773340.stm
You can keep up to date, particularly about malware present in some downloadable pirated software, at the Securemac site:
http://www.securemac.com/
There may be other ways of guarding against Trojans, viruses and general malware affecting the Mac, and alternatives will probably appear in the future. In the meantime the advice is: be careful where you go on the web and what you download!
As to the current 'Conficker furore' affecting Intel-powered computers, MacWorld recently had this to say:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?email&NewsID=25613
Although any content that you download has the possibility of containing malicious software, practising a bit of care will generally keep you free from the consequences of anything like the DNSChanger trojan.
1. Avoid going to suspect and untrusted Web sites, especially *********** sites.
2. Check out what you are downloading. Mac OS X asks you for you administrator password to install applications for a reason! Only download media and applications from well-known and trusted Web sites. If you think you may have downloaded suspicious files, read the installer packages and make sure they are legit. If you cannot determine if the program you downloaded is infected, do a quick Internet search and see if any other users reported issues after installing a particular program.
3. Use an antivirus program like ClamXav. If you are in the habit of downloading a lot of media and other files, it may be well worth your while to run those files through an AV application.
4. Use Mac OS X's built-in Firewalls and other security features.
5. Stop using LimeWire. LimeWire (and other peer-to-peer sharing applications) are hotbeds of potential software issues waiting to happen to your Mac. Everything from changing permissions to downloading trojans and other malicious software can be acquired from using these applications.
6. Resist the temptation to download pirated software. After the release of iWork '09 earlier this year, a Trojan was discovered circulating in pirated copies of Apple's productivity suite of applications (as well as pirated copies of Adobe's Photoshop CS4). Security professionals now believe that the botnet (from iServices) has become active. Although the potential damage range is projected to be minimal, an estimated 20,000 copies of the Trojan have been downloaded. SecureMac offer a simple and free tool for the removal of the iBotNet Trojan available here:
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I continue to receive message that "We could not complete your iTunes Store request. An unknown error occurred (4002). Please try again later." This has been happening every time iTunes Match runs in background. Any suggestions for a cure?
Found a potential solution here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4332757
Gsleeroy
Re: error 4002 in itunes match do you have a solution?
Sep 23, 2012 10:08 AM (in response to matracaelcan)
Hi All,
I had this problem today myself, and was frustrated repeatedly by the '4002' error.
I have literally just fixed the issue by doing the following steps:
1: Go to the 'Store' tab and select 'Turn Off iTunes Match'
2: Return to the 'Store' tab and select 'Update Genius'
3: Wait for this to complete succesfully, the return to the 'Store' tab once more and select 'Turn On iTunes Match'.
4: iTunes Match will now go through the motions and should succeed!
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My Mac book Pro is running very slow and the rainbow ball is appearing all the time. Any suggestions for clean up?? I have the OS X Lion system.
As well as what a brody asked :
- do you need more RAM? (run Activity Monitor and see how much free RAM - green - is available)
- do you Restart fairly regularly, e.g. at least once a week, to clear out any swap or temporary files?
- do you need to do maintenance, e.g. clearing out caches and unused logs, etc? -
I downloaded two movies from itunes at the same time (both free digital copies from a dvd) and when they finished downloading... they disappeared. I've not been able to re-download them or find them.. anywhere. Any suggestions for tracking them down?
If you downloaded them on your computer's iTunes then they should have gone into the Movies part of your iTunes library, if on a device (iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch) then into the Videos app - they haven't appeared there ?
If you downloaded on your PC and they don't show in the Movies section then you could try searching for them by name (or part of their name) via windows explorer and see if that finds them. Or if you downloaded them on a device and they aren't in the Videos app then have you got a film age rating set in Settings > General > Restrictions that is hiding them, and if not can you find them via the device's spotlight search screen (swipe your first homescreen to the right) ? -
Just updated to new iOS 6 on iPhone 3G. Get 'can't connect to iTunes' message. Tried the setting date and time trick but still no success. Any suggestions for 3G iPhone?
also must mention i have never had trouble that i couldn't fix on itunes but all of this has started since i have been using icloud for basic backups hope this helps solve problem
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After migrating my old iMac to my new one, every time I start iTunes, I get the following message: "We could not complete your iTunes store request. An unknown error occurred (4002). Any suggestions for curing this?
Perfect - thanks so much!
For anyone else wondering, the clue was in what was displayed on the screen after I turned iTunes Match on again: it asked whether I wanted to add this computer. Having copied my iTunes library over from the old machine, I'd completely forgotten that iTunes Match identifies each computer uniquely (not each iTunes Library), so was never going to work with this one until I specifically added it. Sorted! -
Any Suggestions for CGI Script for Web Slide Slow?
Do you have any suggestions for creating a slideshow for my web site, 6 same-size jpgs that rotate automatically?
I think I prefer a cgi script. However, I've tried two that don't work on Firefox or Safari. One developer tells me that he can see the rotating photos.
I'm also open to software to create this. However, I'd prefer to use html code.
Of course, it must work cross platform.
Any suggestions?
G5 Quad; Mini Mac; PowerBook G3; iPods Mac OS X (10.4.8) Using Dreamweaver 8Oh, what a beautiful baby! Is he/she yours?
She is mine. At least that's what the Mrs. tells me!
When you say gif, I am assuming that you mean the
format really must be gif and not jpg. Is that
correct?
Yes, the file is a GIF file. It's actually an animated GIF file, meaning that the images that you see are all frames of animation in a single GIF file. There are a lot of apps out there that can create animated GIFs. I happen to use Adobe ImageReady because that is what is on the hard drive.
Can you give me a hint about the dithering issue? Do
I dither or not dither, that is the question.
This is the major downside of the GIF format. It is a really old format...from back in the CompuServe bulletin board days...maybe older. Anyways, it is my understanding that GIFs can only hold information for 256 colors....any 256 colors, but no more and no less. So now in the days of "millions of colors" jpegs, you can imagine that a 256 color palette is limiting. But if the colors of your images are sufficiently close, its possible that 256 colors makes for perfectly acceptable images across all images. This is the one variable of converting images to GIF that can make it or break it for you. If your image has a pretty broad tonal range...like fleshtones or any other gradient...then 256 colors is going to represent things poorly. Then you will get dithering artifacts which is like averaging errors...colors are close...as close as possible...but not close enough to make a smooth gradation. Anyways, that's my layperson's understanding.
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Any suggestions for backing up a macbook? I think it's a Mac OX X v10.6?
Do you have any suggestions for backing up. I do not currently have a way to back up my laptop. I read many bad reviews for time machine. Is their a cheaper way to back up laptop (I assume it wouldn't be wireless like time machine)?
Time Machine works. It's free (except for the external disk you need to store the backup on!).
You may be confusing Time Machine (the backup program builtin to Leopard and Snow Leopard) with the Time Capsule, an Apple wifi router with a hard drive built in.
Either way, remember that people only come here when they have problems - so you'll see people complaining about Time Machine not working, because they don't post when things just work.
I use Time Machine for all my Macs. Works really, really well.
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any suggestions for sources for an internal drive memory for my 13" mid 2010 macbook (not pro)? I'm full up with the 250GB.
For a new hard drive try Newegg.com
Regular SATA drives http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=380&name=Laptop-Hard-Dr ives&Order=PRICE Use the list at the left for larger and faster drives.
SSD drives
http://www.newegg.com/Internal-SSD/SubCategory/ID-636?Order=PRICE Use the list at the left for larger and faster drives.
Or OWC for regular hard drives and SSDs http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/
Here are instructions on replacing the hard drive in a MacBook with a removable battery. http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=45088
Here are video instructions on replacing the hard drive on the Aluminum Unibody
http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/macbook_13_unibody/
Here are video instructions on replacing the hard drive on the White Unibody http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/macbook_13_09_unibody_hd/
To transfer your current hard drive I like the applications Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper. They make a bootable copy of everything on your hard drive. http://www.bombich.com/index.html or http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
You'll need a cheap SATA external hard drive case. Put the new drive in the case then format and partition the new drive and clone your old drive to the new one. Check that it's set up right by booting up from the external drive. Then replace your old hard drive with the new one and put your old one in the external case.
Here's a cheap SATA external hard drive case on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-NexStar-2-5-Inch-External-Enclosure/dp/B002JQNXZC/r ef=pd_cp_pc_0
If you don’t have the tools to open up the MacBook OWC has a set for $5
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/TOOLKITMHD/ -
Any suggestions for an animation program using photographs that can be incorporated into iMovie or Final Cut express?
The MTS files will always be grayed out. Do not drill down into the folder structure. Select the top level of the AVCHD folder structure. If this is a hard drive it may take a very long time to load. People have reported 20 minutes to half an hour.
Other possible problems, conflicts with other software like Perian. Also if there is mixed media on the drive; media in different formats can make the directory unreadable. What are the exact specifications of your media? What settings are you using in FCE? -
Any Suggestions for Bus/Aux, Sub/Stems Organization, Naming?
Hello Fellow Macers!
Using Logic Pro and learning step by step using Logic Pro 9 Manual. When it comes time to mix your first song (see pg 758: "Understanding The Basic Mixing Stages") under "Stage 1 Making Preparations" the manual suggests that you define some logical channel strip groups, grouping tracks, for example, roughly by type (drums, guitars, keyboards, eg.) in order to link their parameters so that you can adjust the whole group at once. My question is what is the best layout or organization to do this. Is it to select all your drums, create a group "Aux" Channel strip, name this group "Drums, and then assign all sends of this to Bus 1?
If that makes sense, then does it also make sense so set up a standard convention for Bus assignments for those Auxillary Channel Stips that you create, like below....
Bus 1 > Drums
Bus 2 > Percussion
Bus 3 > Bass
Bus 4 > Guitar
Bus 5 > Keyboards
Bus 6 > Orchestral
Bus 7 > Backup Vocals
Bus 8 > Wet
Bus 9 > Dry
etc, etc....while creating other Groups and assigning Buses for those...e.g.
Bus 20 > Strings
Bus 21 > Horns
While perhaps also using Buses 30-40 for grouping EFX, eg., ....
Bus 30 > Tape Delay
Bus 31 > Instrument Reverb
Bus 32 > Snare Reverb
Also, would 20-40 above be considered Stems, or submixes, or
FYI, This article, together with going through the manual, got me thinking on this subject:
http://logicblog.info/logic-pro-blog/2011/12/03/tips-on-organizing-and-bouncing- aux-buses-in-logic-pro.html
Also, any suggestions for a color convention to help organization, easy identification?
Hope this makes sense and I appologize in advance if it doesn't. Feel free to set me straight, ask for clarification, etc.
Thanks!!
Erniesfolooks like your database is in a deadlock situation. check you logs and try finding out where the deadlock is occuring.
regards
shyam -
My computer is functioning really slowly since downloading Mavericks. My programs lag opening if at all. Any suggestions for fixing this?
I installed it maybe 2 weeks ago, Here are my results:
Hardware Information:
MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009)
MacBook - model: MacBook6,1
1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
2 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 0 days 22:44:15
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK2555GSXF disk0 : (250.06 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Marshmallow (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 249.2 GB (125.02 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information:
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
[kext loaded] at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (4052 - SDK 10.8) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.14 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.14 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.14 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.14 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.14 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.mobile-stream.driver.EasyTetherUSBEthernet (1.0.4 - SDK 10.4) Support
[not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileMS (1.0.0 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileMTP (1.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSB (1.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBLAN (1.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBLANMerge (1.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBSwch (1.2.2 - SDK 10.5) Support
Launch Daemons:
[running] at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist Support
[running] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist Support
[running] com.autodesk.backburner_manager.plist Support
[running] com.autodesk.backburner_server.plist Support
[failed] com.autodesk.backburner_start.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.motorola-mobility.mmcfgd.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[running] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist Support
[running] com.Affinegy.InstaLANa.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.motorola.MDMUpdater.plist Support
[running] com.motorola.motohelper.plist Support
[loaded] com.motorola.motohelperUpdater.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[running] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist Support
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Skype
Dropbox
Android File Transfer Agent
GrowlHelperApp
TWC-WiFi Menu
KiesViaWiFiAgent
KiesViaWiFiAgent
fuspredownloader
Internet Plug-ins:
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.3.1.18536 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.02 - SDK 10.6 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 2.1 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.3.1.18536 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.02 - SDK 10.6 Support
CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: Version 1.1.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Safari Extensions:
DivX HiQ: Version: 2.1.1.94
DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video>: Version: 2.1.1.94
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: (null) Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Adobe Version Cue CS4 Support
Akamai NetSession Preferences Support
Flash Player Support
Growl Support
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Marshmallow: Disk size: 232.09 GB Disk used: 115.65 GB
Destinations:
Patrice [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 465.44 GB
Total number of backups: 42
Oldest backup: 2012-07-09 21:31:08 +0000
Last backup: 2014-04-28 23:46:05 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 465.44 GB > (Disk used 115.65 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
5% WindowServer
3% plugin-container
1% firefox
0% ps
0% Dropbox
Top Processes by Memory:
381 MB firefox
86 MB plugin-container
51 MB Finder
39 MB WindowServer
33 MB softwareupdated
Virtual Memory Information:
30 MB Free RAM
548 MB Active RAM
523 MB Inactive RAM
363 MB Wired RAM
1.04 GB Page-ins
151 MB Page-outs -
Any suggestions for Xilinx products to support audio input or touch screens?
Hi,
My boss just told me that I will get some funding from our department for new equipment purchase. We want to spend the money on Xilinx FPGA and tool kit.
We already have a ML605 evaluation board in our lab. Currently, we just make it communicate with PC with UART cable, but we want to have better demonstrations in the future.
(1) We want to use a microphone to record speech signals during real time and send the audio signals to FPGA;
(2) We want to have a touch screen for users to write on, and the handwritten images will be send to the FPGA;
(3) Any suggestions for fancier demonstration? Video detection or robots?
For (1), maybe it is possible to just use ML605. But I heard something called "FMC card". So any suggestions on such products;
For (2), what kind of boards or cards should we purchase?
Also important, we can also buy a new evaluation board with Virtex-7, if such boards already support (1) and (2).
Any suggestions will be appreciated :-)I would recommend you to please get in touch with Authorized distributors they will help you.
http://www.xilinx.com/about/contact/authorized-distributors.html
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I'm getting a lot of pop up ads. mostly while using Facebook. I'm running Safari on a Macbook Pro running Yosemite. Does anyone have any suggestions for an Ad blocker. I don't see anything in the App store.
I can't swear to it but I don't recall this being a problem pre-Yosemite. I could be wrong. I haven't been real active on Facebook until recently. I see some third party apps out there but am alway wary of non approved software.
Thanks
RonYou may have installed the "VSearch" trojan. Remove it as follows.
Malware is always changing to get around the defenses against it. These instructions are valid as of now, as far as I know. They won't necessarily be valid in the future. Anyone finding this comment a few days or more after it was posted should look for more recent discussions or start a new one.
Back up all data before proceeding.
Step 1
From the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Extensions
Uninstall any extensions you don't know you need, including any that have the word "Spigot," "Trovi," or "Conduit" in the description. If in doubt, uninstall all extensions. Do the equivalent for the Firefox and Chrome browsers, if you use either of those.
Reset the home page and default search engine in all the browsers, if it was changed.
Step 2
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.vsearch.agent.plist
Right-click or control-click the line and select
Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item named "com.vsearch.agent.plist" selected. Drag the selected item to the Trash. You may be prompted for your administrator login password.
Repeat with each of these lines:
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vsearch.daemon.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vsearch.helper.plist
Restart the computer and empty the Trash. Then delete the following items in the same way:
/Library/Application Support/VSearch
/System/Library/Frameworks/VSearch.framework
~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ConduitNPAPIPlugin.plugin
Some of these items may be absent, in which case you'll get a message that the file can't be found. Skip that item and go on to the next one.
The problem may have started when you downloaded and ran an application called "MPlayerX." That's the name of a legitimate free movie player, but the name is also used fraudulently to distribute VSearch. If there is an item with that name in the Applications folder, delete it, and if you wish, replace it with the genuine article from mplayerx.org.
This trojan is often found on illegal websites that traffic in pirated content such as movies. If you, or anyone else who uses the computer, visit such sites and follow prompts to install software, you can expect more of the same, and worse, to follow.
You may be wondering why you didn't get a warning from Gatekeeper about installing software from an unknown developer, as you should have. The reason is that the Internet criminal behind VSearch has a codesigning certificate issued by Apple, which causes Gatekeeper to give the installer a pass. Apple could revoke the certificate, but as of this writing has not done so, even though it's aware of the problem. This failure of oversight has compromised both Gatekeeper and the Developer ID program. You can't rely on Gatekeeper alone to protect you from harmful software.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.
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Hi gurus, we are using EOIO for source to R/3, and all the idocs a received in r/3 with this status. But they can't be processed from BD87. How to process these? Thanks, Olian Edited by: Olian Saludew on Sep 11, 2008 11:44 AM
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<i>I installed minisap on my windows xp machine. Everything installed fine according to the logs... When I got to the object navigator the top part of the object list where you select things like "development class/package", "programs", ... just sho
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Error in creating SUBscription order
Hi friends, Im creating Subscription order SUB in IS Media through JKK0. Im getting following error. Combination of application J / event DEB001 / company code SPL not maintained Can anyone tell me what could be the reason? Regards, Rajesh